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Having problems with your Samsung Digimax V800 Digital Camera ?

Despite installing software on computer.when i connect the camera with the usb cable it comes up as unknown device. have tried reinstalling driver but no joy. have installed camera previously on another computer with no problems to start with then started to not recognise device on first computer. any ideas?

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The pros never use the camera....they always use a separate card reader. You should too.

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